Grain number and grain yield distribution along the spike remain stable despite breeding for high yield in winter wheat

PLoS ONE

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 2018, Pages

  Philipp, Norman ^a   Weichert, Heiko ^a   Bohra, Utkarsh ^a   Weschke, Winfriede ^a   Schulthess, Albert Wilhelm ^a   Weber, Hans ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF PLANT GENETICS AND CROP PLANT RESEARCH IPK   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BREEDING; FIELD STUDY; GENETIC RESOURCE; GRAIN YIELD; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; SPIKE; SPIKELET; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; WINTER WHEAT; FOOD GRAIN; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PLANT BREEDING; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; SEASON; THEORETICAL MODEL; WHEAT;

EDIBLE GRAIN; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PLANT BREEDING; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; SEASONS; SELECTION, GENETIC; TRITICUM;

EID: 85054776819     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0205452     Document Type: Article

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